Heidi is 8!

 

 

 This sweet girl has a busy few weeks and it all starts with turning 8! She will be baptized soon and has a ballet recital the following weekend. Heidi is growing into a beautiful young lady and developing in so many ways. She is kind and very generous, loves people, loves to read and ride her bike, loves to play with her friends and has developed a very silly side lately. She likes to talk in a caroonish voice saying silly things and she loves to tease her brothers. 

I didn't do a great job planning her birthday because she has so many other things coming up, but it turned out to be a very fun day for her. We started out with chocolate waffles as always. Austin's parents came over to celebrate with us and the house was sort of decorated (thanks to her brothers) with Heidi's favorite colored balloons. The special balloon was a gift from Natalie who was very eager to get a balloon and had fun hiding it for a couple days until Heidi's birthday. She also got to open her birthday presents in the morning and was spoiled with two new dresses, new ballet shoes, some Calico Critters, a new set of scriptures, clay, and some re-gifted stuffed animals from Natalie and Trevor who were so excited to wrap up some presents for her. 

We played card games after breakfast then all of the kids went out to lunch with their grandparents and we had some friends over in the afternoon to have cake and ice cream before Heidi's favorite dinner of pot pie (like I said, it wasn't well planned- I usually never let the kids eat tons of treats before dinner). 

 

 

And here is Heidi's birthday interview:
 

Who is your favorite person? Everyone in our family

What is your favorite color? Green

 What is your favorite thing to watch? Studio Ghibli movies like Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Ponyo, Totoro

What is your favorite outfit? The two new dresses

What song do you like the best? Be Still My Soul and If You Could Hie to Kolob and A Child's Prayer

What is your favorite cereal? I don't really like cereal, I like Chocolate Waffles and Crepes and yogurt

Who is your best friend? Torben

What do you want to do when your grow up? Be a farmer and a mom

What is your favorite book? Heidi and Russian stories

What are you really good at? Sharing

Where do you wish you could go on vacation? Oregon

What would you buy if you had a lot of money? Lots of good toys

What is your favorite dinner? I like sloppy joes, hamburgers, pot pie, and lots of different stuff

If you could have a wish, what would it be? I could wish as many times as I wanted to

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Mint Chocolate Chip and Rockie Road

Who do you want to be like? Myself

What do you like to do with your friends? Play with Calico Critters

What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday? Go to Oregon

What is your favorite thing to do? Play

What are you proud of? My dad and my mom

What are you afraid of? Bugs

What is Mom's favorite thing to do? Eat cookies and mint ice cream while lounging, watching movies and having her feet rubbed (I sure would love this, but it has happened very rarely in my life ;)

How strong is Dad? As strong as the sun

What does Dad do best? Make everyone laugh

What does Mom do best? Bake

What do you like best about Dad? He plays with us

What do you like best about Mom? That she loves me